Footwear



L. HOFMEISTER.

FOOTWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9, 1919.

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Application filed August 9, 1919. Serial No. 316,413.

2 '0 all whom it may concern: I 7

Be it known that I, LEO .HorMEIsTER, a

citizen of the United. States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Footwear, or-

which the following is a description, refer-. ence being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification,

, or boot upper; 6 designates the-bottom:

thereof; and, 7 designates'depending side flanges or ribs forming recesses for receive 7 They present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in footwear,

and refers more particularly to a water- .duties.

proof shoe especially adapted for use in dairies or any other place where thewearer perform his variousmust stand in water to One object of this invention is to provide a light yielding water-proof shoe having removable and readily exchangeable soles and heels.

Another object of this invention is to provide a shoe of the class described in which the bottom of the shoe upper will be integral with the sides thereof whereby to insure the water-proofing of the shoe.

A further object of this invention is to provide a shoe of the class described in which the upper will have depending from the sides thereof integral side ribs forming sole and heel receiving recesses adapted to receive an interchangeable sole and heel.

A still further object of this inventionis to provide a' shoe of the class described'having sole and heel receiving recesses and means for readily removably securing the sole and heel members in their respective recesses, whereby one shoe upper may be made to outlast a number of sole and heel members.

With the above and other objectsin view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention maybe made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

. OFIC 1 1- is a side viewof the lowerpor i tion of a shoe'upperembodying the various" features of my. invention, parts being;-

broken away andin section-to more clearly illustrate the details of constructiomand Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the sole and heel members detached from the shoe upper.

Referring now more'particularly to the accompanying drawing, 5" designates a shoe ingthesole and heel members .8 and 9 1e.. .70

ing side ribs or flanges 7 are integral with the upper 5to thus insure against the pas; 1 I sage of water. or moisture into the interiors;

of the shoe. The upper 5 may be made of any water-proof material, suchas heavy, ducking, rubber or'leather, and when leather' or ducking is employed, the flanges or ribs 7 are integral with the upper, and the bottom 6 is secured thereto in a water-proof seam. p

The sole andheel members have their upper portions slightly reduced. to fit within theirrespective recesses formed by the depending ribs 7 a shoulder or rib 10 being formed by the reduced portion thereof which is of substantially the same thickness as the ribs 7'. As best shown in Fig. 1, the

ribs 7 have disposed therein a plurality of spaced apart'ap'ertures protected with eyelets 11 which areadapted to register with a plurality of apertures formed in a metal strip 12 adaptedto cover the exterior of the ribs 7. Thesole and heel members are se-'v cured in their respective recesses by, means.

of suitable fastening 13 which passes;

thrdugh the registered openings and eyelets of the strip 12 and ribs 7 to engage in the sole and heel members. This structure readily removably secures the sole and heel members to the upper and permits their reheel member when the old one has become worn, thus permitting the use of the upper with a number of soles and heels.

The strip 12 may be formed at the toe "moval and the insertion of a new soleand I portion with a slightly upwardly projected portion l'tfor-protecting the toe of the upper and preventing the same from being kicked out. In order that the sole and heel members may be flexibly connected together at the instep of the shoe, I provide a flexible spring strip which has its ends embedded in the sole and heel members.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying draw:

ing, it will be at once apparent that I pro-' 3 vide a shoe which will be comparatively heelsmaybe made of wood fiber or any other material which will not wear out eas' ily and still be comparatively light.

' What I claim as my invention is:

, 1. A water-proof shoe comprising a flexiblev upper and a bottom portion integral therewith, depending portions depending from-the upper "at the union of said bottomportion therewith, and sole and heel members removably sedured to the depending portions.

2. A-watenproof shoe comprising an upper and integral depending side ribs at the lower end thereof forming sole and heel A receiving recesses, a bottom portion closing V therein, sole and heelmembers removably apertures to secure the sole and heel mem;

with whereby the said upper is rendered water-proof, and'sole and heel members removably disposed in said recesses.

. 3. A water-proof shoe of the class described comprising an upper having integral depending side ribs forming sole and" heel receiving recesses, sole and heel members disposed in said sole and heel receiving recesses, and means passed through said side ribs and engaging the sole and heel members to secure the same in their respective recesses. v P

4'. A water-proof shoe of the class described comprising an upper havinglinte' gral depending side ribs forming sole and heelreceiving recesses and having apertures disposed in said recesses, a'securing strip having apertures therein adapted to register with the apertures in the side ribs,.and securing means passed through the registered bers in their respective recesses.

In testimony whereof, .I affix my signa- '7 ture.

, LEO HOFMEISTER. 

